sinkholes

sinkholes

美 　英

• n.【地】灰岩坑；落水洞；阴沟口；污水池
• 网络灰岩洞；落水坑

词形变化

复数：sinkholes  

英汉解释

n.	1. 【地】灰岩坑;落水洞 2. 阴沟口;污水池;吸尘孔 3. 藏垢纳污之所

英英解释

n.	1. a natural depression in the land surface, especially in limestone, where a stream flows underground into a passage or cave 2. a sunken area where waste collects

例句

That this stress is increasing can be seen by the number of sinkholes and collapsing houses in the Seaway stretch zone.

这个压力的增长可以从地陷的数量和河道的拉伸区域中房屋的倒塌看出来。

Doctor said that sinkholes are created when the ground collapses into a void beneath the surface.

多科特说，地陷是由地表陷入地下空洞造成的。

All of this little blue dots freckled up and down the state of Florida are past instances of sinkholes.

所有这些向上和向下的小蓝点在佛罗里达州是过去的天坑实例。

Acidic water dissolves layers of limestone at the surface of the ground, resulting in shallow sinkholes or towering rock columns.

酸性的水对地表石灰层的逐渐侵蚀，有时腐蚀出浅显的岩坑，有时雕筑出高耸的岩柱。

In other words, if the area is in a stretch zone then crevasses or sinkholes or dropping ground can occur.

换句话说，如果这个区域是延伸的区域，那么裂缝或者排水口，又或者下陷的地面就会出现。

At Mammoth Cave, rainfall is distributed throughout the year, so sinkholes are shallower.

而在猛犸洞国家公园，雨量一年四季平均分布，因此灰岩坑较浅。

Sinkholes and shifting roadways are occurring from Pennsylvania through Tennessee and elsewhere.

从宾夕法尼亚到田纳西和别处，地陷和道路移位正在发生。

Another way sinkholes can form is if water enlarges a natural fracture in a limestone bedrock layer.

另一种落水洞形成的方式是水扩大了石灰岩基岩层的断层。

As with sinkholes and heaving and broken pavement, these are issues the establishment wants to keep from the general public.

天坑，路面裂缝和破裂越来越多，当局想要向大众隐瞒这些事实。

Sinkholes form over the voids, but what of the points of pressure?

天坑在空洞上方形成，但压力点是什么呢？

It is believed the sinkholes, several hundred meters underground, were formed millions of years ago by some unusual geological movements.

这种位于地下几百米处的灰岩洞（sinkholes）被认为是数百万年前的不寻常的地质运动造成的。

Why are earthquakes increasing, and sinkholes appearing, and odd cloud patterns?

为什么地震在增加？天坑频现？云的样子那么古怪？

Sometimes sinkholes are smaller, they might cause the ground to sag or cause a small pound form.

有时天坑较小，这可能会导致地面下陷或造成一个小部分塌陷。

Florida actually gets a lot of sinkholes, that's because the ground across a lot of the state is made of limestone, a sedimentary rock.

佛罗里达实际上有很多这样的天坑，这是因为许多州的地面由石灰岩、沉积岩组成。

Sinkholes do not develop because the water table is rising.

地陷不会因为水位的上升而增加。

The sinkholes in the economy should be obvious.

经济运行中的负面因素多。

Because of the bow stress on the N American Plate, more than sinkholes and hums in the stretch zones will be occurring.

由于北美板块的弓形压力，拉伸区域将不仅仅会出天坑和嗡嗡声。

Sinkholes, poisonous gases. You couldn't play outside.

你不能在外面游玩，到处都是灰岩坑，有毒气体。

More than 2, 500 sinkholes now line the shores of the Dead Sea.

在死海沿岸已经有超过2500个陷坑。

Nick Valencia explains how that can lead to the sinkholes.

尼克·瓦伦西亚会为您解释天坑的成因。

Sinkholes have sudden developed in Qujiang and Heyuan, up the coast from Hong Kong.

在香港开始海岸线向上，曲江和河源突然出现了地陷。

Prediction Model for Sinkholes along Railways

铁路沿线岩溶塌陷预测模型

sinkholes in coal mining areas

采煤沉陷区